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LOT 3234

Romano-British Imitation of Magnentius BI Double Centenionalis. AD 350-353.

Following Ambianum mint; struck circa AD 351-353. D N MAGNENTIVS P F AVG, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SALVS DD NN AVG ET CAES, large Chi-Rho; A ധ (Alpha Omega) across fields, AMB in exergue. For prototype cf. RIC VIII 34; SCBC 612; see also Carson and J.P.C. Kent, 'A Hoard of Roman Fourth-Century Bronze Coins from Heslington, Yorkshire' in NC Vol. 11 (1971), p. 210. Good Very Fine.(11.40gr, 29mm, 6h.).

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Found Yorkshire, UK.
From the private collection of Robin Sykes, Yorkshire, UK, formed since the late 1990s.

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LOT 3234

Romano-British Imitation of Magnentius BI Double Centenionalis.

Sold for (Inc. bp): £286

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